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History, theory and use of fiber optics.
http://www.nanoptics.com/tutorial.htm
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Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
Learn about the scanning electron microscope and its uses.
http://www.mos.org/sln/SEM/
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Applications Of Light: Scanners
Tutorial with bibliography.
http://Users.PcNet.Ro/luly2002/
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Optical Fibres Project
How optical fibers work, and information on reflection, refraction, Snell's Law, total internal
reflection and critical angles.
http://physix_jun.tripod.com/
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Optics for Kids
An overview of the basics of optics suitable for elementary school children. Also discusses
careers in science and engineering.
http://www.opticalres.com/kidoptx.html
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Moiré Phenomenon
A book and a downloadable moire demonstration kit for printing on transparencies.
http://diwww.epfl.ch/w3lsp/books/moire/index.html
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How Stuff Works: Light
Seven-segment detailed explanation uses drawings and animations to show how light works and how
photons are generated, with many related links.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/light.htm
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Polarized Light
Fascinating facts about polarized light, from rainbows to beetles, from viking navigation to LCD
displays. Myths and truth about polarized sunglasses. Also a shop with polarized-only items.
http://www.polarization.com/
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Oatmeal Box Pinhole Photography
Photo gallery plus directions to make a pinhole camera, take pictures and develop them. Also,
links to other pinhole camera sites.
http://users.rcn.com/stewoody/
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History of Optics
Timeline of optics-related historical moments.
http://members.aol.com/WSRNet/D1/hist.htm
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Fraunhofer Lines
Prominent Fraunhofer lines in the spectrum of the sun are shown, together with their corresponding
wavelengths. Very pretty!
http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/fraunhofer.html
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Reflections In Choppy Water
Why does light reflecting off a lake or ocean appear to be "smeared" into a long strip?.
http://b435-boas.stanford.edu/home/science/water_reflection/index.html
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WebTOP
A 3D interactive computer graphics system that instructors can use to help teach optics, and that
students can use to simulate and visualize optical phenomena to help them learn about optics.
http://webtop.msstate.edu/
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Tux Teaches Photonics
A collection of information, lessons and quizes about photonics, taught by Tux.
http://www.photonics.150m.com
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Sighting the First Sense
Introduction to light. Topics touched upon include reflection, refraction, interference and
includes interactive applets to demonstrate theories. Designed by students for the ThinkQuest
Internet Challenge 2000.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C001464/cgi-bin/view.cgi?show_item=cl
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The Speed of Light
Describes how the speed of light was measured. Includes curriculum-based science quizzes about
light for K-12 (grades 4 to 7) students.
http://www.what-is-the-speed-of-light.com/
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Optics Exercises and Tutorial
(Univ of Florida). A sample electronic lecture or worksheet.
http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~selman/Demo1.html
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